Board bundle



Dec. 26, 1950 w. R. JONES 2,535,422

BOARD BUNDLE Filed March 1, 1947 J4. if J3 J3 F n n n 0 r Patented Dec. 26, 1950 BOARD BUNDLE @William 11R. J ones, gMetuchem 5N- ..I,, .assignor .to lTheoGldtex florporation', EliicagoJlL, a corporation of ,Delaware Applicationdvlarch 1, 19471,:2Serial No. 7131:8827

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llhis. invent'onrrelates in';-particu1ar to-the abunadlingeof brick siding iunitsmnd variousiotherimore ..or.-less similar, products. .Ilheparticuiar object .of this-invention is to provide an improvedrand con- .vtenient package in -.:connection \withthe handling and shippin of various board :or :sheet farm products.

A further obj fiCtrOf this zinvention is to lprov-ide improved means for handling a snumberzof pieces of =board=or sheetiorm :products as a unit.

at :still-furtherobjecteof :this invention @is to ,provide: improved securing-means zfor holdingeend Yprotect'ng a number of the elements :of boards-or eheat-form productsicomprisingzamundle: unpack- 'age lthereof :Furtherc objects andadvantages=wi1lzappear and he:broughtmut:more:fullyiimthe:followingsspeci- :fication andadrawings, in Which- Figure --1 lis a-itop plan view-of zan embodiment @of this invention;

Figure .:2--is :a *tragmentary perspective-illustrawtion:of-thesinventionsand In the building industry therearewarious board or sheet form mroducts -whchwareffabricated in sizes-of about 11 :to .z fee't lin width'sby '4 ifeetin length with the individual elements bein g LQf 1a thioknesszofazyz inchimore oris'less. "Therpackaging (of such element :has 'been imore DIfIBSS-JOffa, prob- Elem tin-ithat warious :pac-kagings which :have been i employed have :been more costly :than warranted :by thewaluei ofxthezproductmr, ,on'ethe other.- hand, athe methods :tof packaging "have not been entirely 1 satisfactoryrasmot:providing adequate protection ofathezpackagect products.

This invention :provides .for :sucnproducts :two

:products, sanddt :is not. limited to those products whichhaveiasva basafihersinsulationboard. 'JIhe invention "may be :utilized in c0nnection avith .hoard-onsheetiorm products .wherethe products material thereof, ,it may be (applied to g psum hoard products z-as, :for example, l'gypsum board .1ath,. and may also :be utilized in the packaging of various types Of lso-lcalled asphaltsshingles :or shingle units,,andnumerousother products which fit is ;not believed to :be necessary to enumerate indetail.

' In-connection Withthe-bundling ;or packaging of :products such as have been ;above "referredeto,

there are involved, in particular, ,-prob1ems-.,of, first, providing-a package which is :handleable, that is, a package which is convenient lion-handdling, and, .second, a package suchas j.ust men- :tioned which provides adequate protectoniof the packaged material. illhese necessary -functions Just referred to are admirably cared -.,for :by-the manner of packaging, which will be hereinafter described in 'detail.

The packagingpf the products -will :be-particu- :larly described with reference to the packaging of brick siding units, but those" skilled in .the art involved will of course, readily understand that the same methods and procedure are widely .ap- =p1icable Land ,will recognize :the applicability :of .the =teachings .hereof tosthe igeneral packaging-of many more or less similar products.

The product which is manufactured andcsold commercially-and eenerally referred to as brick siding wunits, comprises basically, as the base :thereof, a :sheet of commercial fiber insulation board which: is ca fabricated vproduct-c0Imposed-of (felted fiber, which is generally produced .in 1a thicknesssof about /2-inch. v-Brick siding -units eregenerallymade avith a-icoreq of fiberinsulaticn .boardapproximately /2 vinch th ck and having -.dimensions-of about 14 inches zwide-byabout 48 inches long, whichcores areocoated .with;asphalt .orlan .equivalent protective-tcoating, andhave vapplied tocne face surfacing granules which ,are adhered to the coatedcoreby'aninterposed'layer -.of adhes;ve asphalt, or equivalent adhesive, which adheres and bonds :the granules to 0ne fa ce of the. coated core. This layer: or facing, of granules ,is then-suitably impressed or provided with -a ,mortar joint pattern, :andsuch prepared :units,

:with minor variations in their preparation, -as ,for example. shmlappin ofthe;edges ofqthecores, provision of nail-receiving openings throughsthe units and the like, constitute the ,finished :brick taro siding-unitsor elements.

The following, descr ption-of the packaging of thesesbricksiding.units is given as representative of the packaging-of.generallylsimilar products,g as Lhasabovebeen referred to,,and.o,it is to beunder- .ar composed -of wood :or of svood as "the lbase a stood that the principlesof packaging suehrmi ucts, as set out and described hereinafter, are generally applicable.

For packaging the units and for the protection of the brick simulating surfaces, it is preferred that the units be arranged in pairs with the brick simulating surfaces contiguous, one to the other, so that the outer or exposed surfaces of each of such pairs constitutes those surfaces provided only with a protective coating, such as asphalt or the like, as above mentioned. A plurality of such pairs of units are then assembled in stacked, superposed re ation to form the mater al to be packaged, and it is preferred that three such pairs, or possibly four, comprising respectively six or eight individual units, be stacked for individual packaging. The packaging of a lesser number than six sheets is generally not economical, but it is to be understood, of course, that the described method of packaging may be employed with a lesser or greater number of sheets which will, to a considerable extent, depend upon the thickness of the individual sheets to be packaged. If weight does not make such packaging prohibitive, it is ordinarily preferred that such number of sheets be packaged as will comprise a package of approximately 3 to 4 inch thickness, since a package of such thickness is readily handleable.

That is, it is readily grasped by the average adult hand and thus the package, if not unduly heavy, is readily handled. It will be understood, of course, that if a package of eight sheets is too heavy for convenient handling, that the packaging should be restricted to a stack of six, or possibly even four, or at least a lesser number of sheets so that the package is not unwieldy.

In the drawings there is illustrated a package made in accordance with the inventions hereof, which package is or may be a package of brick siding units, as has been heretofore described. The individual brick siding units are designated in the drawing by the numerals II) which have been arranged as above described, that is, arranged in pairs with their patterned faces in contact and with a plurality of such pairs stacked one upon another to make the desired pile or stack of sheets to be bundled.

The wrapper which is to be wrapped around the stack of individual sheets may be substantially any usual sheet form wrapping material, but there is preferably used a so called corrugated wrapper which comprises a central or core portion which is corrugated, and which is faced on each side with smooth sheets of paper. Such type of wrapping or packaging material, that is the corrugated wrapper as just described being a very common type of material, and well known to everyone, the elements thereof in the draw ng have not been specifically designated by numerals as such is not deemed to be required for a full disclosure of the invention.

The wrapper sheet, designated by the numeral I I, is cut to a length which is such that when the pile of elements to be packaged is centered lengthwise on wrapper I I, the wrapper sheet extends somewhat beyond the ends of the pile of elements by an amount which, for a package of a length understood that the wrapper sheet II need not necessarily be of such width. That is, it may be of a width just slightly in excess of the width of an individual element Ill plus twice the height of the stack of elements to be packaged. This slight excess in width, which has just been, referred to, will constitute the edges of the wrapper which are turned down on one face of the uppermost unit of the stack when the stack is enclosed in the wrapper, and for the units, that is brick siding, which have been particularly described, such overlap should be about two inches along its edge, but this overlap may be almost anything desired, from that just barely overlapping the edges of the topmost sheet to such width as will extend substantially to the center of the topmost sheet of the stack.

In the illustration the wrapper sheet H is of such width that it wraps ent rely around the width'of the stack of units If! to substantially meet centrally over the top sheet of the stack of sheets. In the actual packaging of the pile of units III, the such pile of units is positioned substantially centrally 0f the wrapper sheet II. Wrapper sheet I I is one which is preferably precreased lengthwise along lines such that when the wrapper I I is wrapped around the stack, such creases will come at the corners of the stack, as designated by the numeral I2. With the stack of sheets l6 arranged substantially centrally on wrapper sheet I I, the sheet is wrapped around the stack widthwise, the wrapper II, of course, preferably being tautly applied so that the individual sheets Ill of the stack will be pressed into firm, face-to-face, engagement and retained thus by the pressure applied by the taut wrapping.

It is to be noted that nothing has been said about folding the ends of the wrapper, and this omission is deliberate in that the inch, more or less, of overhang, as has been described, is not folded down or in any way secured but is merely allowed to remain as a projection of the wrapper beyond the ends of the stack of elements which have been wrapped.

Now with the wrapper tautly applied about the stack of sheets I0, staples l3, aternately securing means are applied along the contiguous edges of the wrapper sheet II, which staples may be applied in various manners, that is, they may be applied in lines closely adjacent to the conti uous edges of the wrapper sheet I I, with the individual staples, of course, appropriately spaced apart, or, if the edges of the wrapper sheet II are close together, as in the drawings, a single line of staples may be applied, postioned transversev to the length of the package so that stape straddles the space between the closely positioned edges of the wrapper I I, and has one leg penetrating each of the edges of the wrapper sheet. If desired or advisable, the staples mav be a plied transversely of the width of the package along each edge of the wrapper sheet with one leg of the staple close to an edge of the wrapper sheet, and with the staples appropriately spaced lengthwise of the package. In lieu of using staples for securing the ed es of the wrapper sheet II, it will be readiy understood that tacks or other headed fasteners having a penetrating force may be used alternately, or, in some instances, adhesive can be applied to the under side of the top fold of the wrapper sheet II along the edges, and thus the wrapper sheet may be secured to the pile of individual sheets by setting of the adhesive.

After the wrapper II has been secured a out the stack of individual sheets In, as just above described, the package is then preferably turned over and several staples, or other fasteners, as above referred to, are applied to the other face of the package as indicated in Figure 3 of the drawing, and wherein there are indicated but a few, actually five, of such driven fasteners, which number, or even less, are usually sufficient.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the bundle of individual sheets when wrapped, as above described, results in a package in which the individual sheets iii are firmly held in engagement by the tautly applied wrapper II which is held and retained in place by the fastening means l3, which has been described. It is understood, of course, that the legs or penetrating portion of the fastening means It pass through the wrapper sheet and penetrate the material of the topmost sheet or sheets of the individual sheets comprising the stack, the amount of penetration, of course, depending on the length of the legs or penetrating portion of the fastening means I3. The several staples or fastening means I3 which are driven through the bottom face of the package, of course, penetrate through the wrapper sheet and engage in the lowermost sheet or portion of the stack in the same manner as has been described with reference to the wrapper edge-securing fastening means. From the foregoing it will be understood that the top and bottom sheets of the stack of sheets are definitely positioned and secured with relation to the wrapper sheet, and since all of the sheets of the stack are firmly pressed together by the applied wrapper sheet, as has been described, it will be readily understood that sheets intermediate the top and bottom of the stack of wrapped sheets are secured in place by friction, and thus the entire stack of sheets is firmly secured by the application and fastening of the wrapper as has been described.

It is believed that from the foregoing it will be readily understood that by the utilization of the inventions hereof a firm, secure package may be made of brick siding units, or the like, which package will be readily handleable, and wherein there is employed but the minimum of Wrapping which, nevertheless, provides ample protection for the product, since not only is the package protected with respect to its faces and the two edges which are covered by the wrapper sheet, but in addition the other two edges, that is as shown and described, the end edges, are protected by the overhanging edges of the wrapper sheet. A particular advantage of the manner of wrapping, as has been described, is in the saving of labor, since, as should be readily understood, the application of the simple wrapper sheet, as has been described, requires considerably less labor than is required for other forms of wrapping, and in particular very appreciably less labor than for packaging such materials in cartons. A still further saving is involved by the use of the wrapper, as has been described, in that a lower grade of wrapping is used than would be required were the sheets packaged in cartons, which requires test corrugated board for common carrier shipment, whereas, with the packaging as above described, the lower grade board is acceptable.

The invention hereof having been described in full, what I claim is:

1. A package of rectangular substantially fiat sheets of building material of greater length than width comprising in combination, a plurality of such sheets each comprising a fiberboard core having an adhered surfacing of grit on one face and an asphaltic coating on the opposite face and in pairs with the gritted faces together substantially superposed and forming a stack, a rectangular sheet form fibrous wrapper folded about the stack of sheets and substantially enclosing opposite faces and two opposite long edges of the stack and securing means positioned along the contiguous edges of the wrapper and securing the wrapper to the outer face of a surface sheet of the stack together with securing means securing the wrapper to the outer surface of the other surface sheet of the stack.

2. A package of rectangular substantially fiat sheets of fiber board of greater length than width, the fiber board surfaced at one face with an adhered layer of gritty surfacing and the opposite face coated with asphaltic material, such sheets arranged in pairs with gritted faces together and pairs superposed in a stack, in combination with a wrapper sheet of box board of a width to substantially perimetrically encompass the stack and of a length to extend beyond and overhanging each edge of the stack lengthwise, the wrapper creased and tightly folded about the stack and secured adjacent the con tiguous edges thereof to the stack, the securing means comprising penetrating portions thereof passing through the wrapper and frictionally secured in the surface sheet of the stack.

WILLIAM R. JONES.

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